Student opinion
People
Topic Areas
Add, subtract as you see fit
Curriculum
- Students have suggested a variety of changes to bolster the curriculum.
- In general, students feel the core courses are good preparation for the qualifying exams and provide a good foundation for a PhD, but are divided on the relevance to research.
Advisor Selection Process (Diana)
- First year funding/Timing of joining labs: we understand that a lack of funding is what limits incoming class sizes. Changing the timing may allow greater flexibility, but the majority of students are happy with the current system, with a few at both extremes.
- Rotations: Overwhelmingly against required rotations, although the option would be appreciated by some. IAP would be a possible time for rotations.
- Process: Students would appreciate a list of available faculty (those who have space), but are otherwise happy with the process.
Facilities (Nate & Maxine)
- Space
- BATS and seminar space can be emphasized.
- Proximity?
Career Development (Nate, Jordan)
- ISS
- Industry connections - What happens nbow that formal centers like BPEC and BTP are going away?
- Academic Career Workshops - Are students in BE well prepared to interview for top notch faculty positions?
- BE Undergraduate Course Development Opportunities
- Where are current graduates working? (John Kisiday - faculty at Colorado State, Nora Szasz - start-up, Jon Fitzgerald - Merrimack, Jon Szafranski - Guidant, Laurel - industry, Ali K - HST faculty, Jenny Lee - Centacore, Csani Varga - Millenium, Dan Erickson - Sales/Consulting, others?)
- Where are the remaining gaps?
- Are more people going to biotech or pharma in industry? Is BE training better received in one sector versus the other?
- Where are our graduates doing/considering post-docs? Is there a necessity to change fields significantly betond your own interests??
Undergraduate Major (Amy)
Thesis Mentoring (Diana)
- Most of the mentoring information focuses on career development and mentoring. Very little information about mentoring during the course of the thesis.
- Thoughts on full vs. joint faculty and their time for students AND knowledge about BE program requirements, etc.
- Formal mentoring for academic writing.
Faculty Research Directions
Faculty/Student Interactions (Maxine)
ABS/Bioengineering (Paul, Bahar)
General BE Board Activity Updates (Diana, Barry)
- BE Student Directory with possible Alumni Directory extensions?
- BE New Events Fund
- Increasing First-year study breaks
- New BE Diversity Initiatives
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